you inspired us. i want to take this opportunity to say one thing to all the young people and not so young people who have given so much to this campaign over the years, those of you haven't done this for me but for each other, for a laid off family member or a sick child or a fallen friend. i want to thank you. you took this campaign and you made it your own and you organized yourself, block by block, neighborhood by neighborhood, county by county starting a movement that spread across the country, a movement made up of young and old rich and poor black and white gay straight democrats, republicans who believe we've all got something to contribute. and we all deserve a shot at our own american dream. and when the cynics said we couldn't, you said yes, we can. [applause] you said yes we can and we did. against all odds, we did. we didn't know what challenges would become when we began this journey. we didn't know how deep the crisis would turn out. but we knew we would get through those challenge it i